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Fri, 18 May 2012 16:59:15 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=195975#comment-5844632

Paul’s policies are closer to Obama than they are to Romney so he would take votes from Obama, not Romney.

Voter from WA State on May 16, 2012 at 9:43 AM

You can’t be serious.

It’s Romney and the establishment GOP’s policies that are closer to Obama.

Paul’s policies are closer to Obama than they are to Romney so he would take votes from Obama, not Romney.

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Wed, 16 May 2012 13:42:33 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=195975#comment-5837249Paul can leave his insolationist, legal drug and trying Bush as war criminal policies out of the GOP. That would only damage the party.
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Wed, 16 May 2012 13:22:50 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=195975#comment-5837192Umm…

I noticed no public statement declaring he will not run as a 3rd party candidate and no mention that he is open to talks with Romney over policy and direction…

Political power can be grasped with a stealth grassroots movement like the Paul campaign, and his supporters will be in a position to control or influence the operation of several state GOP organizations after this campaign.

But power isn’t a goal in itself, it must be wielded and used to further an agenda, and that means day-to-day involvement with government and politics. I seriously doubt the Paul supporters are interested in those tasks, or up to performing them.

Running a state party isn’t as easy as gaming an online poll or grooving on the brownies.

Let me remind you that in Mississippi, there are literally hundreds of local Ron Paul politicians who not only are “up to performing them” but ARE performing them…. I know this because I’m one of them. You underestimate how much people care about the cause for Liberty.

ask Dick Lugar, Murkowski, and the Tea party freshman in the house, it’s working so far, the tea party rose to reform the GOP, it’s a national coalition of patriotic individuals who wish to go back to the ideals of the constitution and reduce national govt.

Golem, I think you meant Bennett as the Kowski is still in the senate and the GOP IIRC let her keep her spots despite going write in.

We don’t have long and the tea party is stalling IMHO.

To the folks here who’ve complained about Paulbots/nuts etc., I get your point as I have my issues with them. Just understand, your feelings on them are often how I feel about GOP/conservatives who still believe in the drug war, trust cops implicitly (they’re part of the corrupt gov folks), buy into compassionate conservatism and actually say they don’t have problem with gun background checks.

Kind of funny when you see Ron Paul advertisements to buy stupid BS especially his racist newsletters that he penned as long you give him 49.95 a month. At least Romney created jobs and invested in successful industries whereas Ron Paul just ripped people off by preying on their stupidity.

“But but Romney fired people.” Welcome to Capitalism, dummy. People get fired or redeployed to the workforce all the time. What? You’re not so much of a capitalist now?

No. As in HELL, NO! Herr Doktor’s views are NOT in any way coincide with conservatives’, on most issues. He should have run as a Libertarian candidate, not GOP. If he is so against GOP, then there is no reason for him to masquerade as such. I don’t like Romney, for a number of reasons, but Herr Doktor is by far the worst liar there is with racist, anti-semitic views very few in GOP hold (Buchanan anyone?)

For a fiscal conservative, as most here insist, the guy is only second fiddle to libs when it comes to pork barrel. Yes, some will argue he “just gets what constituents demand”, but in truth he has been raping national casino for years for hundreds of millions. So much for “fiscal conservative” BS.

THE GUY IS A MISERABLE, CONNIVING, LYING HUMAN BEING AND A PRETENDER OF HIGHEST ORDER. NOTHING ELSE.

As proven by factual data spanning over 30 years now.

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Tue, 15 May 2012 22:49:29 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=195975#comment-5835301The trouble with the Paulistas long game…is that every 4 years…they graduate and become real people!
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Tue, 15 May 2012 22:41:25 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=195975#comment-5835276I should clarify, I don’t think of myself as a Social Conservative, apparently some of my beliefs fall into a Social Conservative category. ; )
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Tue, 15 May 2012 22:26:56 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=195975#comment-5835242

TMOverbeck on May 15, 2012 at 5:18 PM

I am not a social Conservative. I am however a fiscal Conservative. The changes to the Party will come from the ground up. Right now the Party is controlled by the top. This will change, we are busy working to see that it does, it will take many years. I am hopeful that we do not have to start over from scratch, i.e. the Conservative Party. If the R’s elect to continue down the path of destruction that they have partaken in, they will be the next Whigs. The time for compromise is coming to an end. The pendulum must swing or the fiscal house of cards will collapse. It will collapse under its own weight or we can try to control it. Rmoney™ is likely to be the next President, if this occurs, and I hope it does. He will quite possibly be a one term President if he does the things the country is in dire need of fiscally. We should embrace the Dr. Paul supporters as they care deeply about fiscal issues. For the good of the country I will support Rmoney™, not because I think he is the correct candidate at the correct time. But because he is the only option at this time. Hopefully Dr Pauls supporters will come to this same decision.

If marijuana were proven to have medicinal value, then I wouldn’t have a problem with prescribing it, the same as with opiates for pain management, but I wouldn’t want to see anyone taking either of those driving.

I smoked pot twice while in college nearly 30 years ago, and have no desire to ever do it again. Still, I don’t see it as that much worse than drinking, especially since it’s somewhat unusual to see a belligerent pot-head, whereas plenty of men and women get rather aggressive after three or four drinks.

With regards to marijuana, when the police can quickly test a driver to determine if they are under the influence, as they can with a breathalyser for alcohol, then I might be more inclined to support legalization.

To me, “individual liberty” does NOT mean nanny-state-ish laws against gay marriage(-type benefits) or marijuana use.

Society generally structures itself (writes laws) in order to allow it to run more smoothly.

Societies institutionalized (defined) marriage over thousands of years and hundreds of societies as the union of a man and a woman because they needed such an institution for a smoothly running society.

Redefining marriage to include same sex couples does nothing for society as a whole.

With regards to marijuana, when the police can quickly test a driver to determine if they are under the influence, as they can with a breathalyser for alcohol, then I might be more inclined to support legalization.

The same holds true for Rmoney™, at least as far as HA Rmoney™ supporters go.

Bmore on May 15, 2012 at 4:57 PM

Well, maybe but the polling shows that Romney supporters tend to be the majority of the rank and file Republicans. Paul supporters tend to be a fringe element that isn’t really even composed of all that many Republicans. Many Paul supporters are independents or Democrats.

Reform of the R party is coming. We are patient. We will do it with or without Dr. Paul. We would prefer with. Make no mistake in the years ahead there will be major changes.

Bmore on May 15, 2012 at 4:54 PM

That would be nice if that could actually happen… especially where fiscal policy and social issues were concerned.

While I understand that social conservatives want to preserve their moral values – and some of those ARE valid and should be addressed – some things need to be cultivated from the person-to-person grassroots level, and not by top-down federal or state prohibitions/restrictions. To me, “individual liberty” does NOT mean nanny-state-ish laws against gay marriage(-type benefits) or marijuana use.